WHEN Kissy Sell Out wanted to get his records on the streets he didn’t wait for a label to come along and sign him, he pressed them himself.

So it makes sense that, when he wanted to make a dance album using classical instruments he wouldn’t hire an orchestra, he would play them himself.

“I played all the instruments, I recorded it, I wrote it and I did all the art work. But I’ve always been a bit like that,” the 27-year-old Essex boy laughs.

That album – Wild Romance – was released in May and the St Martin’s graduate could not be happier with it.

He says: “This is the album I’ve always wanted to make. It’s definitely the best thing I’ve ever done, and possibly the best thing I ever do. It just really felt like all the stars aligned when I did this. I wanted to make sure that if people only hear one thing by Kissy Sell Out it would be this.”

Kissy (his real name Thomas Bisdee Kissy comes from a nightmare he used to have when he was younge...long story) first found fame five years ago and is often described as coming out of the MySpace generation of artists.

His energy and frenetic style set him apart on the dance scene and in 2007 he was signed to Radio One as one of its In New DJs We Trust. Four years later and Kissy not only still holds his spot but listener figures are on the rise.

“It’s fantastic,” he says. “I’m very proud of it. When I was younger I wanted to make records but never wanted to be a DJ, that’s not something that comes naturally to me.

“I didn’t know anything about presenting and used to treat every show as if it were my last.

“I still do that now! I’m seeing how long I can keep this going,” he laughs. “I want every show to be the best show I have ever done.”

Given his chatty nature it perhaps comes as no surprise to hear that earlier this year Kissy was invited to take part in a Cambridge Union debate. It saw Kissy pitted against one Stephen Fry, another man who is never short of words.

“That was scary,” says Kissy. “I had to argue that classical music is not relevant any more. They picked me because I play so much classical music. I argued that classical music is snobby, does not encourage innovation and hasn’t changed for 100 years.”

So how did he get on with the great Mr Fry? “We hit it off straight away,” says Kissy. “I think he is an obsessive misfit in the same way that I am! We shared a vodka backstage and then went out and did our thing.”

Next weekend Kissy hits the north west as part of the mammoth line-up of DJs and electronic artists at Darebsury for Creamfields 2011 where he will be playing in Strongbow’s The Graft and the Glory “pub”.

“I have a real love for Creamfields,” says Kissy. “It’s a milestone gig. There are a few gigs in the year that people always mention and Creamfields is one of those.”